What Benefits Does IoT Bring to the World of Meteorology?

Smart-city weather station for Resilient-cities initiatives

Smart-city weather station for Resilient-cities initiatives

Due to IoT, the cost of wireless sensor systems and meteorological weather stations has come down slightly for the following reasons:

  1. Wireless modem costs have been reduced.

  2. Power consumption of wireless data transmission has been reduced creating a chain reaction with the cost benefits of smaller electronics, smaller battery and smaller solar panel requirements.

  3. What has not changed is the know-how required to produce high quality measurements. This know-how and its attention to detail from years of R&D differentiates the “random-number generators” from real measurement systems.

Despite the hype of big data, AI and advanced statistical methods, the early adopters of low-cost weather stations and meteorological sensors from most startup companies and agricultural sensor manufacturers have been, for the most part, dissapointed.

A second wave of IoT sensor adoption is upon us as researchers, smart-city managers and resilient-city initiatives are beginning to replace the first wave of low-cost meteorological sensors. High quality professional meteorological sensors are being introduced with the goal of maintaining long-term measurement stability in all weather conditions. After all, global warming is happening on a scale of about 0.01 °C (0,018 °F) per year, which is deeply withing the noise of short-term measurement. Thus long-term stability of measurement is critical to creating accurate climatic data sets.

New technologies on the forefront of professional IoT sensors include the MeteoHelix® IoT Pro micro-weather stations which are designed based on years of measurement experience of BARANI DESIGN Technologies.

New Meteorological Sensor Technologies at AMS 2020

New technologies at AMS 2020 by Comptus Inc. of New Hampshire.

Internet-of-Things innovation will be seeping into the forefront of AMS 2020 in Boston, MA this winter with the introduction of MeteoHelix® IoT micro-weather stations capable of meeting strict measurement guidelines of the NWS and WMO for long-term global warming observations.

While Europe has already adapted the first wave of low cost IoT meteorological sensors and weather stations with mixed results, the lessons learned can benefit the adoption of these technologies to let USA take the lead. Lessons learned from the first wave of IoT meteorological sensors have shown that data quantity does not replace data quality. Artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced statistical methods made good on identifying anomalies and sensor failures but fall short in compensating for systematic and long-term sensor measurement errors due to inadequate measurement system stability and the influences of the local environment. For now, the golden rule of science, “garbage in = garbage out” still maintains its merit.

Comptus Inc. of stand 341 will showcase the MeteoHelix® IoT professional weather stations and sensors conforming to NWS and WMO standards from BARANI DESIGN Technologies at the 100th AMS Annual Meeting 13–16 January 2020 in the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, 415 Summer St., Boston, MA USA.

Other sensors on hand from BARANI DESIGN Technologies will include the precise and robust MeteoWind® 2 and MeteoWind® Compact combined heated anemometers with wind vanes with a preliminary MEASNET/IEC 61400-12-1:2017 edition 2 class A = 4.4 and class C = 4.7. Also showcased will be the MeteoTemp™ temperature and humidity probe and the new standard for precision atmospheric air temperature measurement, the MeteoShield® Professional, a helical radiation shield for professional AWOS weather stations.

Heated anemometer MeteoWind® 2 immediately after a strong icing event in the mountains of Slovakia.

Heated anemometer MeteoWind® 2 immediately after a strong icing event in the mountains of Slovakia.

MeteoShield® Professional protecting internal temperature and humidity sensors from the effects of icing.

MeteoShield® Professional protecting internal temperature and humidity sensors from the effects of icing.

BARANI DESIGN TECHNOLOGIES IS A MANUFACTURER OF PROFESSIONAL WEATHER STATIONS AND METEOHELIX PERSONAL WEATHER STATIONS.

BARANI DESIGN TECHNOLOGIES IS A MANUFACTURER OF PROFESSIONAL WEATHER STATIONS AND METEOHELIX PERSONAL WEATHER STATIONS.

BARANI DESIGN Technologies doubles its turnover for 2019, quadrupling its international sales

Patented design of the MeteoShield® Professional by BARANI DESIGN Technologies flies high in 2019

Patented design of the MeteoShield® Professional by BARANI DESIGN Technologies flies high in 2019

2020 looks very promising for BARANI DESIGN Technologies s. r. o. after a notable 2019 with record revenue and sales of weather stations and meteorological sensors. Amid tough competition and supply side pressures, the spinoff technology division from BARANI DESIGN s. r. o. not only doubled its revenue for 2019 while quadrupling its international sales, but also made significant investment in manufacturing, intellectual property and R&D in preparation for the year 2020 and beyond.

Its sensor products are not only visually unique in the marketplace but offer the highest levels of precision for professional climatic measurements in all weather conditions. Its MeteoHelix® IoT weather stations achieved an outstanding U0 Sigfox wireless certification in 2019 and its LoRaWAN version offers identical wireless and measurement performance.

Included in the works for 2020 are a revolutionary compact wireless rain gauge able to accurately capture trace rain amounts down to 0.1 mm of rain while maintaining accuracy in torrential downpours as high as 40 mm/min. (2400 mm/hr).

For more information, please contact:

BARANI DESIGN Technologies s. r. o.
Klincova 35
821 08 Bratislava, SLOVAKIA
sales@baranidesign.com